"I Did It!" Best Before and After Weight-Loss Stories

Slides in this Workout:

Before: Our Contest Winner: "It Feels Amazing to Be Healthy!"
Before: "I Can Fit My Wedding Dress Again!"
Before: "My Vacation Photos Gave Me Motivation"
Before: "I Stopped Emotional Eating and Made the Decision to Change My Life"
Before: "I Have a Brand-New Life!"
Before: "I Approached Weight-Loss with a Go-Getter Attitude"
Before: "No More Half-Hearted Efforts at Fitness"
Before: "My MS Diagnosis Made Me Change My Life"
Before: "From Obese to Triathlete!"
Before: "I Now Weigh Less Than I Did in 7th Grade"
Before: "I Wanted to Be My Own Biggest Loser!"
Before: "I Love My Newfound Confidence!"
Before: "I Lost 122 Pounds Without Surgery or Crazy Diets!"

Extra Links:

The Secret to Our Success: Real Women's Weight-Loss Stories
Real Women Try the Bikini Body Workout
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Before: "From Obese to Triathlete!"

For 17 years, Karina Chapman had tried to lose weight, but "nothing ever worked." At 259 pounds and a size 20, she felt miserable. So what did she do? She took walks, just to get out of the house. Then instead of walking, she started jogging, which later turned to running, until she found herself entered in a half-marathon and then a triathlon. She also wrote down what she ate in a journal, but ate whatever she wanted, in moderation.

Before